December 2017
The winter solstice falls on December 21; a full moon in Gemini on December 3 and a new moon in Sagittarius on December 18; Mercury is retrograde Dec 3 through Dec 22.
Winter Solstice
Sun enters Capricorn · December 21, 11:28 am ET
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This month
- Full Moon · GeminiDec 3 · 10:48 am
- Last Quarter · VirgoDec 10 · 2:52 am
- New Moon · SagittariusDec 18 · 1:31 am
- First Quarter · AriesDec 26 · 4:21 am
- Winter SolsticeDec 21 · 11:28 am
- Mercury stations retrogradeDec 3 · 2:33 am
- Mercury stations directDec 22 · 8:53 pm
Mercury retrograde Dec 3 – Dec 22
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Notable aspects
- Jupiter trine NeptuneDec 2 · 9:46 pm
- Mars trine NeptuneDec 28 · 1:10 am
- Mars opposition UranusDec 1 · 5:07 am
- Mars sextile SaturnDec 6 · 4:22 pm
- Mercury conjunction SaturnDec 6 · 7:03 am
- Sun conjunction Mercury · cazimiDec 12 · 8:48 pm
- Mercury conjunction VenusDec 15 · 9:08 am
- Sun trine UranusDec 16 · 6:29 am
- Venus trine UranusDec 20 · 6:14 pm